Sunday August 31st

Sunday, August 31st

We thought that if we spent the night in the rest area that by morning the wind would let up. Wrong! Also it didn’t cool off too much over night. The temperature was hovering around the century mark most of the afternoon, and I had the generator running with the overhead air conditioning running. I knew that it would tax the engine if I used the dash air. We had heated up to 215 degrees coming over the continental divide, and had the high temp alarm going off.

Due to the winds that didn’t subside, today turned out to be the lowest miles per gallon. Driving an 8 ½ by 40 by 12 ½ foot box down the road, towing a car behind isn’t conducive to 25 to 40 MPH head/cross winds.
We’re used to a 65 mph speed limit in Oregon, but here in ND they slow you down to 65 when you are in the construction zone. In Oregon they would have you at 45 MPH.

We arrived in Wadena MN a little after noon, so I just relaxed for a few minutes before getting set up. Getting out of the coach was like walking into an indoor swimming pool area with the heat and high humidity. Later on, Barb called Ave Koranda, to see if she was up to a short visit and an ice cream cone. Averill was Barb’s Mother’s best friend during high school, and like a second mother, so we enjoy stopping and visiting for a bit while we are in town.

When we returned to the camp ground we took some time to get acquainted with our neighbors, Mike and Judy. Mike had some blueberry cheddar sausage made from his deer meat. He gave us a sample and it was very good.

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